The sting of disinformation – how is the state and society being controlled?
Disinformation has become part of our everyday lives. The information space is full of fake news designed to mislead or stir up emotions. Just take a look at social media, where a lot of unverified information circulates. In such a reality, it is easy to fall into the trap of fake news and become one of the elements fuelling the information war. Let us remember: disinformation is currently being used as a weapon – a tool to influence societies, which is best seen, for example, in the scale of pro-Russian narratives. Why do we fall for it? What makes fakes catch our attention? Where is the catch in all this? This is a topic that absolutely everyone should be aware of.
Event moderator
Speakers
Kamil Basaj
President of the INFO OPS Polska Foundation
Tomasz Chłoń
Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for countering international disinformation
Beata Górka-Winter, PhD
Analyst, Doctor of Social Sciences in Political Science, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Marcel Kiełtyka
Demagog Association, member of the Advisory Council for Counteracting External Disinformation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Michał Marek, PhD
Foundation for Research on the Contemporary Security Environment
Klaudia Rosińska, PhD
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